Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.
An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.
A metaphysical follow-up to his debut Human Resources, Cantet’s moving portrait of a man’s existential dilemmas in the face of redundancy asks profound questions about success, pretense, and the true meaning of work. In Cantet’s words: “Vincent is the sincerest of liars, an actor of his own life.”